Anonymousabout 3 hours ago
Pope Leo XIV carried the cross through all 14 stations of the Via Crucis at Rome's Colosseum on Good Friday 2026, becoming the first pontiff to complete the full procession since John Paul II in 1994. The gesture — witnessed by 30,000 in person and millions worldwide — signals a pontificate leaning toward traditional liturgical forms, but raises questions about precedent for future popes, even as the Church confronts ongoing abuse accountability investigations that received less attention during Holy Week.